Plymouth

House prices rise but supply falls

House prices in the South West jumped sharply in May, despite the number of homes per UK surveyor falling to a record low since the data series began in January 1978, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

While 46% more surveyors saw prices rise in May (the same month in which the Nationwide Building Society estimated that the average price of a home in the UK has...

Appeal in relation to historic offence

Police in Plymouth who are investigating an historic offence are appealing for information from the public.

As part of their enquiries officers wish to identify anyone who worked in the cleansing department at Plymouth City Council between 1977 and 1978.

Officers are investigating an allegation of sexual assault against a teenage boy and are keen to trace any witnesses or...

Derek Adams named Argyle's new manager

PLYMOUTH Argyle are delighted to announce that Derek Adams is the club’s new manager.

Derek, 39, comes to Home Park after a highly successful career in Scotland, first as a player and latterly as a manager.

After taking over the reins at Ross County aged just 32, he managed the highland side to the heights of Scottish football, winning two titles in five years and establishing...

Letting the grass grow in Plymouth

Selected areas of Plymouth will see meadows created as part of a city-wide scheme to support bees and other pollinators.

Ten areas, which are open tracts of land, are to be cut only three times this year instead of nine as part of a trial to encourage wildlife to thrive in and around housing estates.

It is hoped that while residents may be used to seeing grass short and cut on...

Landlords urged to act on new laws

Landlords in Devon and Somerset are being urged to act now to ensure they are ready for new safety laws aimed at saving dozens of lives a year.

The regulations make it compulsory for all landlords to fit smoke alarms in rented homes and are expected to come into effect from October 2015, subject to Parliamentary approval.

Under the new laws smoke alarms must be fitted on every...

University recognised for social enterprise

The Plymouth-based University of St Mark & St John has become one of only four universities in the UK to have been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, indicating that it is a social enterprise supporting the community, the environment and with good social purpose.

The Social Enterprise Mark CIC is the UK and international certification authority that safeguards social enterprise...

Endangered spider saved from development

One of the world's rarest spiders has been given a fighting chance of survival, after an appeal to build new houses in an old quarry was dismissed on Tuesday (9 June).

The Horrid ground weaver (Nothophantes horridus) is a tiny money spider which has only been found in three sites in Plymouth, nowhere else in the world, and one of those sites has already been built on and lost....

Global conference on computer music research

Researchers and innovators from across the world will be travelling to Plymouth this month for a major global conference on the potential impacts of computer music.

The 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) – carrying the title Music, Mind, and Embodiment – will take place from June 16-19.

Hosted by Plymouth University’s...

Antiques Roadshow filming travel advice

On June 11 two Park and Ride buses will be laid on for people wanting to see Fiona Bruce and her team of experts film the BBC's most popular antiques show.

“The buses should help alleviate parking pressure at the Yard during the recording of the show,” says Emily Handslip, Urban Splash Associate Director, (which starts at 9.30am and finishes at 4.30pm).

There will be two Park...

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